Body for motor road-vehicles.



A. LEGRAND.

BODY FOR MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLCATIDN FILED r40v.20.1913.

1 1 4:2 ,5 9O Patented June 8, 1915.

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A. LEGRAND.

BODY FOR MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES. APPLICATION HLED NOV. 20, 1913.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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w I 1141 434. fii' ALBERT LEGRAND, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

BODY FOR MOTOR ROAD-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

Application flied November 20, 1913. Serial No. 802,065.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT LEoRAnD, acitizen of the Republic of France, residing,

at Paris, in France, have invented a new and useful Body for Motor Road-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a body of the torpedo type for motor road vehicles which permits of .dispensin wooden beams that are genera ly fitted to the chassis for supportingt the overhanging portion of the body.

The invention consists in fixing to the ordinary chassis a projecting band or girdle constituted by an iron= member connected with the longitudinal members of the said chassis by means of stays. The body rests upon the chassis thus constituted, its transverse curvature merging with that of the lower gear case; the longitudinal elements of the chassis are also concealed and no portion of the mechanism is visible.

Various embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic crosssection, and Fig. 4 shows a modified construction in plan.

In Figs. 1 to 3, the metal band a is united with the longitudinal elements I) of the chassis by stays a and at the rear it is connected by stays a with the t ranswrse member d. The result of this arrangement is that with a band thus. constituted and arranged at the proper distance from the members of the chassis, it is possible to fit a body 0 in=such a manner that its overhang is efficiently supported and which is given a good bearing without the employment of the wooden beams ordinarily interposed between the top of the chassis and the bottom of the body. .The'lower gear case f is curved in such a manner that it follows on and continues the curve constituted by the outer wall of.the body e as shown in Fig. 3. The two longitudinal members of the chassis, are also concealed, whereby the appearance of the vehicle is improved. As shown in Fig. 4, the same result can be obtained while dispensing wit ra portion of the band. In this arwith the rangement, the metal band a united with the longitudinal members I) by the stays a is omitted at the rear portion of the chassis, which, in this case itself presents the rounded form that was constituted by a portion of the band. In this embodiment of the invention it is preferable to form the chassis proper in two parts which are assembled at the rear by any convenient means. The same result can be attained by dispensing entirely with the fitted band and giving the longitudinal members of the chassis a form corresponding to that of the body in such a manner that the chassis is widened in order to support the overhang of the body.

Another embodiment of the invention consists in forming the chassis in a single piece by means of a stamped plate, the outer periphery of which exactly corresponds with that of the body.

The rear axle suspension. springs y can be arranged either outside the chassis as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, or inside the chassis as shown in Fig. 4.

- What I claim is:

1. In a motor road vehicle, the combination with a chassis, of a projecting metal band, stays connecting said band with the longitudinal members of the chassis, a body resting upon said band and being curved, and a lower curved gear caseforming a continuation of the curve of the body.

2. In a motor road vehicle, the combination with a chassis, the longitudinal members of which at the rear are joined by a curved portion, of a projecting metal band, stavs connecting said band with the longitudinal members of the chassis, a body resting upon said band and being curved at the rear to correspond with the curvature of the said curved cPOItlOIl joining the longitudinal chassis members, and also being curved at the sides, an? a lower curved gear case forming a contin .ation of the curve of the sides of the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT LEGRAND. Witnesses:

MAURICE PIGABDy Hanson 0. Con. 

